He didn’t really act like max does either.Wasn't overly impressed by it. If there is such a thing as too much action then Fury Road is a prime example, the choreography and stunts were top notch but it all got very repetitive and quite honestly a bit fucking boring after a while. My main issue really though was Tom Hardy. I know there are a hell of a lot of you romos in here who have a major hard-on for the guy but I just didn't buy him as Max Rockatansky, don't get me wrong he's a decent enough actor but he lacked the effortless cool of Gibson and just wasn't the right man to fill his boots. For me Mad Max 2 aka The Road Warrior is the only movie in the whole franchise which is a truly great movie, it's damn near perfect in fact and ranks as one of my absolute GOATs.
He didn’t really act like max does either.
Some suggest the timeline is in between mad max and the road warrior. But it still didn’t fit to me.
After I saw some theories that Tom hardy wasn’t Max Rockatansky, but actually the feral kid grown up I watched it again with that in mind, and you know what? It fit very well that way.
So when I watch it now, that’s how I imagine it, in the future from thunder dome and it’s the Ferrell kid grown up, trying to be like max.
I don’t remember in the movie but does he ever even tell anyone his name is max? I haven’t seen it in a while.
i can definitely understand thinking that the diversion to the desert tribe was a mistake, but i think the rest of the movie more than makes up for it. i don't even think the kids are that bad. the "'member this?" scene specifically is great.
i can also understand feeling like the way the movie brings Max back to Bartertown for the conclusion (and to Jedediah) is too contrived, but i don't see that as a huge problem and Bartertown is such a great setting that i'm happy to go back there for whatever reason.
as an aside, regarding the video i also think the idea of Tina Turner being in a Mad Max movie turns people off more than her actual performance and character, which i think were both excellent.
so much of the imagery that the general public associates with Mad Max comes from Thunderdome, and for good reason.
definitely the weakest of the series, but for me that just speaks to the quality of the series as a whole.
the Mad Max franchise is one of my favorite film series, and in my opinion Fury Road is at the top. i think Thunderdome is really underrated and the whole series is great, and while i was hoping Fury Road would be good i was blown away when i saw it in the theater. and repeat viewings have definitely not changed my mind.
Fury Road and Blade Runner 2049 were better-than-they-should-be additions to franchises in my opinion, but i'm not surprised that others don't feel the same way.
basically any movie where tom hardy is the main actor is overrated.
He says it near the end
But yeah as you say he was very unlike the character Mel Gibson had already made such an icon. I guess Fury Road may have been more enjoyable for a new generation who hadn't grown up loving the original incarnation of Max but for me Hardy just wasn't the right choice... I think they should have went with another Aussie and my personal pick would've been Eric Bana.
I too heard those fan theories about this new "Max" being the grown up feral kid and I suppose it's a nice idea if it helps you to enjoy the movie more. It was put to George Miller but he said that this was definitely not the case though he was fine with people interpreting it however they fancied.
http://m.ign.com/articles/2015/11/02/fury-road-director-responds-to-the-mad-max-conspiracy-theory
yeah, i think i would probably agree that the biggest issue with Thunderdome is the similarity of the second half to The Road Warrior. i think there's no lack of originality in the movie as a whole though, so i don't find it to be a big problem.I think perhaps the biggest issue it has is that it feels like its reheating The Road Warrior, alot of the strength of the Mad Max series besides that I'd say is that each of the films is quite different in style to the previous one.
Someone mentioned the Blade Runner sequel and for me Fury Road shows you some of the weaknesses of the former, I mean I liked 2049 but I think it gets too caught up in its plotting and exposition at points, Fury Road rarely does that being willing to trust the audience to pick things up less directly.
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yeah, i think i would probably agree that the biggest issue with Thunderdome is the similarity of the second half to The Road Warrior. i think there's no lack of originality in the movie as a whole though, so i don't find it to be a big problem.